Two New York pizzerias, both alike in dignity, prospered in the Big Apple as coal-fired descendants of the same famed Italian ancestor: Pasquale “Patsy” Lancieri, the inventor of by-the-slice pizza.

Patsy Grimaldi, who died last week, was a crucial link between the early days of brick oven pizza and the pies that we eat all around town today. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll ...